(programming) The process of separating a computer program into distinct features that overlap functionally as little as possible.

(architecture, computing, design) A behavioural design pattern that describes the uses of null objects and their behavior (or the lack of them).

(category theory) An object that is both an initial and terminal object. / (object-oriented programming) An object that does nothing and is used instead of using a null.

plural of canal of Schlemm

(anatomy) Alternative form of Schlemm's canal

(slang) To rub one's body against another person as a form of sexual stimulation or flirting. / To stimulate, interact, or resonate with.

Alternative form of conk out

(programming, languages) An entity that can be constructed at run-time, passed as a parameter, returned from a function, or assigned into a variable.

(programming, languages) An entity of which the value can neither be passed as a parameter, nor be returned from a function, nor assigned to a variable. (Used by Raphael Finkel, the first-class object does not need to have run-time constructability according to his definition.)

(programming, languages) An entity of which the value can be passed as a parameter, but that can neither be returned from a function, nor be assigned to a variable. (Used by Raphael Finkel, the first-class object does not need to have run-time constructability according to his definition.)